JOUR1111 Lecture 4

Radio.

I found this sound lecture quite interesting and easy to listen to. Both of the presenters that were interviewed had many valuable points to consider that not only relate to radio but telling stories in general. Coming from an area whose quality of radio is very minute, add intense with lttle music or stories of intrigue, I feel the advice each gave should be wrapped up in a parcel and sent to these stations.

I am somebody who very much enjoys listening to good radio and people's stories and so found myself scrawling many lines down so as to inform my own writing and presenting in the future, should my career lead me down such a path.  

That you have to be genuinely interested is certainly something I fathom as being of absolute importance. The point made that this applies to not just the person you are writing about or interviewing, but in those who are the readers and listeners of your work.  

Feeling as though one has a social responsibility to portray people with the integrity and truth they deserve is also a very poignant lesson to remember.

The fact that when it comes to sound media and the radio specifically, people are able to easily decipher the quality from the fake is something I find quite intimidating but also extremely important. I feel this has the effect of keeping people honest and requires them to be energetic and knowledgable about their topic of conversation.

I love, love, love that their are still presenters out there who advocate being human in this industry and to search for the full array of human experience and emotion as this is the way in which you will be able to most effectively reach an audience and speak to them, more than literally.

Lastly I would like to make reference to something the last interviewee said, that being '...don't give up. If you are hungry then strive for it...' He reminded me of my dad who also tends to like this life motto :) -one which I feel is particularly pertinent in the journalism industry.

Some other words of advice I quite enjoyed...

- Wordlyness - Read - Exposure - Expand Worldview -